NY Regents Chemistry Exam Jan 2023
44 The greatest increase in entropy occurs when a 1.00-gram sample of water changes from (1) solid to liquid
(2) solid to gas (3) gas to liquid
(4) liquid to solid
Solution:
Entropy represents disorder. Disorder increases going from solid to liquid to gas. Solid to gas results in the greatest increase in entropy. Choice 2 is the correct answer choice.